building fire

New Delhi, March 20 Investigation agencies have intensified their efforts to determine the cause of the recent devastating fire in the Palam area of southwest Delhi, with preliminary findings indicating that the blaze originated from the lower part of the building, an official said on Friday...

Gurugram, March 20 A major fire broke out at a five-story guesthouse in Sector 28 on Friday afternoon, causing panic and chaos.Police, firefighters, the Haryana State Disaster Response Force (HSDRF), and local residents rescued four people, including three women, who were trapped in the...

New Delhi, March 19 – Following a brief commotion at a condolence meeting, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Virendra Sachdeva said on Thursday that since the fire broke out in the Palam area, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been trying to politicize the incident by assaulting a BJP MLA...

New Delhi, March 19 A day after a devastating fire killed nine members of a family in southwest Delhi's Palam, investigators suspect that a short circuit in an electrical board near the building's entrance likely caused the fire, police said on Thursday.The police also said that asphyxiation...

New Delhi, March 19 A relative of the nine family members who died in a fire in a multi-story building in the Palam area here said on Thursday that many of them died due to suffocation, as there were no visible injuries on their bodies.Ramesh Soni, whose nephew owns a jewelry shop next to the...

New Delhi, March 19 – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor Arvind Kejriwal visited the family affected by the devastating fire in Delhi's Palam area on Thursday, and alleged that lapses by the fire department may have contributed to the loss of lives, while also accusing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

New Delhi, March 19 The Delhi government will take strict action against those found responsible for alleged lapses in firefighting operations in southwest Delhi's Palam, where a devastating fire claimed nine lives, official sources said on Thursday.An inquiry has been ordered to identify any...

New Delhi, March 19 A day after a devastating fire claimed nine lives in southwest Delhi's Palam, a grieving father returned to the charred remains of his home on Thursday, alleging that systemic negligence had taken away everything he held dear.Rajender Kashyap, who lost nine members of his...

Surat, March 19 Two people were killed and nine others sustained burn injuries after a fire in a building housing an embroidery unit in Surat, Gujarat, triggered gas cylinder blasts on Thursday, officials said.The incident occurred around 5:30 am when two cylinders exploded following the fire...

New Delhi, March 19 A fire broke out at the Trade and Taxes building in central Delhi's ITO on Thursday morning, prompting authorities to dispatch six fire tenders to the scene, according to an official from the Delhi Fire Services.So far, there have been no reports of casualties or injuries...

Bhopal, March 18 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Wednesday that, given the seriousness of the incident, officials have been instructed to conduct a thorough investigation into the fire at a building in Indore that claimed eight lives.Officials and experts from Bhopal have...

New Delhi, March 18 In a desperate attempt to escape the deadly fire that claimed nine lives in Palam, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl survived a fall from the third floor after overhead wires prevented her from falling – a split-second intervention that likely saved her life – even as her father...

New Delhi, March 18 – A fire that broke out in a four-story residential building in southwest Delhi’s Palam area on Wednesday morning resulted in the deaths of nine family members, including a 70-year-old woman and three young girls, one just three years old.The incident triggered a...

Chandigarh, March 18 A major fire broke out in a showroom in Sector 22 here, one of the busiest commercial zones of the city, on Wednesday, officials said. No casualties were reported.It took approximately three hours and over 30 fire engines to extinguish the flames, they said.The fire...

In New Delhi and Indore, 17 people, including many children, were killed and several shops in Ahmedabad and Chandigarh were gutted due to devastating fires on Wednesday. The incidents triggered panic and large-scale firefighting operations.Authorities rushed to contain the fires and rescue...

New Delhi, March 18 As a fierce fire in a residential building claimed the lives of nine members of his family on Wednesday, a man along with his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter jumped from the third floor in a desperate attempt to save themselves after a rescue ladder could not reach them...

New Delhi, March 18 Neighbours of the family that got trapped in a fire in Delhi's Palam area said they made frantic attempts to get them out by trying to break windows and a portion of the building's wall, while others alleged that the malfunctioning equipment of firefighters delayed their...

A fire broke out in a multi-story building in the Palam area of the National Capital today. The Delhi Fire Service has reported 7 casualties in the incident. The department stated that 31 fire engines were deployed at the scene after a call was received at 7 am. Further details are pending.In...

New Delhi, March 18 Nine members of a family, including three children, died after a fire broke out in a multi-story residential building in southwest Delhi's Palam area on Wednesday morning, officials said.Three others were injured, two of whom jumped from the building at Ram Chowk Market...

New Delhi, March 18 Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the fire at a multi-story residential building in Delhi's Palam area, in which several people from a family have died.Gupta, in a post on X, said she was extremely distressed to learn about the...